Law School

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Thanks - it is great, although choosing classes for next year was a bit of an adventure. Luckily I was able to get into the two elective-type courses I wanted. My school has been good about having solid professors for evening courses though, so it all works out, i.e. very few adjuncts, almost all full-time faculty members.

I actually *love* the adjuncts our school gets. I had one last semester. He's a shareholder/partner in one of the state's larger law firms.

I have a summer school adjunct who had FEMA's Michael Brown visit class last semester.

Next semester, I have a trial practice course being taught by a former adjunct, now the school's general counsel who is a named partner in the state's 3rd (or 4th) largest firm.

The other guy teaching that class is the head of the public defender's office for Oklahoma County.

I actually prefer adjuncts. Not only are they good teachers, they're great people to know if you have to find a job after school.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I actually *love* the adjuncts our school gets. I had one last semester. He's a shareholder/partner in one of the state's larger law firms.

I have a summer school adjunct who had FEMA's Michael Brown visit class last semester.

Next semester, I have a trial practice course being taught by a former adjunct, now the school's general counsel who is a named partner in the state's 3rd (or 4th) largest firm.

The other guy teaching that class is the head of the public defender's office for Oklahoma County.

I actually prefer adjuncts. Not only are they good teachers, they're great people to know if you have to find a job after school.

True; I've had adjuncts for my practicum courses (negotiation, etc.) who practice at the larger firms in the area or work for the state, and I know they teach the trial courses here as well. I have nothing against them, the ones I've had have been very good, but I know that at some schools the adjuncts are overworked in their daily practice and don't have a whole lot of time/energy when it gets to the evening classes

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Kevin

I actually *love* the adjuncts our school gets. I had one last semester. He's a shareholder/partner in one of the state's larger law firms.

I have a summer school adjunct who had FEMA's Michael Brown visit class last semester.

Next semester, I have a trial practice course being taught by a former adjunct, now the school's general counsel who is a named partner in the state's 3rd (or 4th) largest firm.

The other guy teaching that class is the head of the public defender's office for Oklahoma County.

I actually prefer adjuncts. Not only are they good teachers, they're great people to know if you have to find a job after school.

I tend to prefer adjuncts too. Not only are they less caught up in the academy, they don't waste your time by assigning tons of pointless supplements and LR articles. I've had adjuncts who are on the bankruptcy court, named partners in firms, senior partners in firms, judges on state district and appellate courts, etc...it's nice to actually hear about real legal practice sometimes.